How to Avoid the Rainbow Effect when Strip Piecing with Valerie Nesbitt
Classes with Valerie Nesbitt • Educational, G, 01-Apr-2015
This tip has been extracted from a longer workshop, where Valerie shows you how to use strip pieces to make the Diamond Quilt, which in turn is a variation of the simple Charity Quilt we made for Alzheimers Awareness.
Valerie also mentions use of the threadsaver. If you would like to learn more about this dressmaking trick, click here, Valerie uses this trick all the time with her sewing for strip piecing.
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